Awards received by Dr. Hayden for her exemplary service in education and libraries:
•1995: Library Journal, Librarian of the Year Award
•1995: Loyola University Maryland, Andrew White Medal
•1996: National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Torch Bearer Award
•1996: DuBois Circle of Baltimore, Legacy of Literacy Award
•1998: Johns Hopkins University, President's Medal
•2000: University of Baltimore, Doctor of Humane Letters
•2001: Morgan State University, Doctor of Humane Letters[62]
•2003: The Daily Record, Maryland's Top 100 Women[63]
•2003: Ms., Woman of the Year[41]
•2004: College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Pro Urbe Award[62]
•2004: YWCA, Leader Award[62]
•2004: Greater Baltimore Urban League, Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award[62]
•2005: Barnard College, Medal of Distinction[62]
•2006: American Library Association, Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture[62]
•2007: McDaniel College, Doctor of Humane Letters[64]
•2013: American Library Association, Joseph W. Lippincott Award
•2015: American Library Association, Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture[65]
•2016: Fortune, The World's 50 Greatest Leaders[66]
•2017: College of William & Mary, Doctor of Humane Letters[67]
•2017: American Library Association, Melvil Dewey Medal[68]
•2017: Women's National Book Association, Centennial Award[69]
•2017: Hurston/Wright Foundation, North Star Award[70]
•2017: Time, Firsts List[71]
•2017: New York Public Library, Library Lion[72]
•2017: Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, W.E.B. Du Bois Medal[73]
•2018: American Library Association, Honorary Membership[74]
•2018: Newberry Library, Newberry Library Award[75]
•2019: Wake Forest University, Doctor of Humane Letters[76]
•2019: New York University, Doctor of Humane Letters[citation needed]
•2019: American Academy of Achievement, Golden Plate Award[77][78]
•2022: Columbia University, honorary Doctor of Letters[79]
•2022: University of Pennsylvania, Doctor of Humane Letters[80]
•2023: Tufts University, honorary Doctor of Letters[81]
•2023: American Library Association, Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship[82]
•2024: Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Circle of Excellence Award[83]
•2024: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Chair’s Award[84]
•2024: Daughters of the American Revolution, History Award Medal[85]
🚨NEW: Donald Trump has fired the nation’s Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden. She is the first African American and woman to hold this office and has modernized access to the federal library for rural America.
RETWEET if you stand with Dr. Hayden against Donald Trump!
Congratulations to @AnnTelnaes who resigned from the @washingtonpost when this political cartoon of tech executives groveling at the feet of @realDonaldTrump was rejected by the paper. Yesterday it was announced she won a Pulitzer Prize.
Fam, remember three years ago when Cory Booker brought tears to all of our eyes when he lifted up Ketanji Brown Jackson?
“You are worthy.”
That’s who he is. That’s who he’s always been.
@CoryBooker
I love badass Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. If only there were many more Democrats in Congress with her fighting spirit and fearless ability to deliver truth.
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Just a reminder to the maga crowd cheering on these mass firings...
These are scientists. Park rangers.
Disabled Veterans. Humanitarians. Civil servants.
They are human.
They have bills to pay. Families who depend on them. Children. Many of them took pride in their work. Some were just getting started in their careers.
Losing a job and financial hardship is not funny. It impacts every member of the family. It impacts self worth. It impacts the economy.
Finding satisfaction in the indiscriminate firing of tens of thousands of Americans at the hands of a punch drunk billionaire is not only cruel, it's unAmerican.
This is not patriotism.
RFK Jr. went to Samoa in June 2018, spreading anti-vax disinfo and boosting a local anti-vaxxer
In November 2018, Samoa had a huge measles outbreak, exacerbated by anti-vax disinfo
83 people died - mostly children
How many American children are about to die because of RFK Jr.?